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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Bottled Water Industry Eyes The Tibetan Plateau
November 18th, 2015
Via The Guardian, an article on how Tibet is encouraging companies to tap the Himalayan glaciers for premium drinking water, but the environmental stakes are high: Qomolangma Glacier Water bottles water from a national reserve located 80 km from Everest Base Camp In the last two decades China has become the world’s largest bottled water […]
Read more »Asia Running Dry
November 11th, 2015
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a detailed look at Asia’s vanishing glaciers & shares concerns over the region’s water future: Highlights The Hindu-Kush Himalayas covers 8 countries & is the source of 10 major rivers which feed 17 countries in Asia 1.35bn Asians rely on these river basins as do major cities; yet media focus […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: China’s Bottled Water Industry To Exploit Asia’s Water Tower
October 30th, 2015
Via Eco Business, a look at the Tibet government’s plans for a massive expansion of the bottled water industry by tapping the Himalayan glaciers: Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighbouring countries. This week the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Can China’s South-North Water Transfer Co-Exist With Industry?
October 19th, 2015
Via China Dialogue, an article on the impact of China’s huge water transfer scheme on traditional industries: Sixty-two years after Chairman Mao first envisioned the South-North Water Transfer project, the Middle Route (SNWT-MR) formally began transferring supplies of water from Danjiangkou reservoir on the border of Hubei and Henan in December 2014. In the first phase […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Water-nomics
September 15th, 2015
Via China Water Risk, an interesting report on China Water-nomics and whether China’s water caps & efficiency targets will impact its economic growth: Highlights -Water use quotas & policies caps GDP growth at 5.7% p.a. between 2020-2030 towards South Korea by 2050 -Economic mix helps the G20 manage water & GDP; but so does trade & shifting […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: A History Of China’s Water Crisis – The Yellow River
August 27th, 2015
Via The Third Pole, an interesting historical look at China’s water problems: During the hot, dry month of August 1992 the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and explosives at the other across the Zhang River – the river that […]
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